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I have a pdf of 18,000 pages of data that I need to work with for a project. I'm trying to convert it to an excel spreadsheet.

I can't use Acrobat because it's just for a summer project thus I don't want to buy it.

Is there any other way that I could possibly do this?

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First, remember that PDFs are a programming language unto themselves. I can draw first at the bottom of the page (or screen), then at the top, then overlay something.

That said, we use pdftotext for this very task, with some massaging of the output after.

You might also be able to load it in either Google Docs, or even LibreOffice has PDF converters.

All 3 of these are free, try which helps the most.

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I use Nuance PDF Converter Pro. It converts PDF files into many different formats and it's not designed to empty your bank account as Adobe likes to do.

This link takes you to Nuance's home page on PDF Converter and give you a free trial!

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